The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-09-29
NEEBE TAKEN TO JOLIET.
ONE OF THE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS
FINALLY DISPOSED OF.

He iS Taken to tho Illinois Penitentiary
Secretly, There to Serve Out His Fifteen
Year sentence-A New Feature OF An
arohy-A Spark of Hope for the Men.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2S.-Oscar Neebe, the
Anarchist, is in Joliet He was taken there
with much secrecy by sherif's deputies last
night None Of his friends knew he was to
be taken away so suddenly, and to none of
them did he say good-by. At 8 o'clock last
night a coupe driven by a deputy sheriff
stopped in the shadow of the criminal court
building and Deputy Sheriffs Gleason,
Spears and Hubbard alighted and went into
the Jail. Bel. Price, the jail clerk, was
waiting for them.
They understood each other, and without
any ado, Price unlocked the inner doors,
and, followed by Gleason and Spears,
tramped up the iron stairway to the second
gallery, where the condemned Anarchists
are. Lights were burning in all the cells
Neebe's cell door was unlocked and Spears
told him he wanted to talk with him in the
jail office. Ths party then went quietly
down stairs When the Office door was
closed, Spears said:
"Well, Neebe, we are going to take you to
Joliet tonight
Cant see my frends' Can't 1 see my
lawyer, Capt. Black" CALCULATED Neebe in
tone Of surprise.
''No.n
Neebe then asked to be allowed to change
his clothes. A turnkey brought down his
best suit Of clothes and clean linen. He put
them on, then held out his wrists for the
manaeles with which Gleason had been play
ing. He was then handcuffed alone, and
then the deputy sheriffs changed their mind
and chained his right wrist to Spears left.
The party then left the Jail Gleason told
the guards at the jail to lock the door and
keep the reporters back. They did so with
force, and imprisoned them for several min
utes, and until the carriage was well on its
way to the Chicago & Alton railroad.
When a delayed reporter reached that
depot he found that the fast expires for st.
Louis was just pulling out. The Neebe
party were aboard. The train arrived at
Joliet at 1885, and the prisoner was at once
hurried to the prison, A telegram had told
Warden McClaughrey that Neebs was
coming. Deputy Hubbard did not go to
Joliet. He stated that ne sheriff had
thought best to have Neebe taken to Joliet
secretly for fear of an outbreak and an Ct
tempt at rescue.
Up to to-day the actual rsflsEns on the Pc
tition for clemency to the condemned Anar-
chists, as far as they have been turned in to
the secretary of the Amnest association,
show about $1,000 signatures On the haS
for preachers are the names Of two pr0miMp
emit Jewish divines.
The Anarchists were very blue this nAORAp
ing because of the sudden removal of Oscar
Neebe to Joliet They would not talk of the
matter, and we're apparently deeply affected
by the reminder Of the nearness of their
own punishment. Neebe's brother and an
expressman came around at 8 o'clock and
gathered the convict's belongings together
and carried them away. The only other
visitors were Mrs. Engel, Mrs. Fischer and
Miss Van Zandt,
The postponed hearing Of the charge
against Mrs. Parsons for violating the city
ordinance prohibiting the distribution of
hand bills on the streets took place before
Justice Lyon this morning. He imposed
fine Of S5, but Immediately suspended it, and
Mrs Parsons went away looking well salts
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